Groves reported from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. "There's the saying that hurt people hurt people," he said. }else{ targeting:{ var inline_cta_font_color_382199 = ''; Following this, he was made a Deputy Chief and Assistant Chief. I sit in this empty woom. . However, it hasn't taken long for Hodges to find out that not everyone applauds her decision to promote him. jQuery("#magazine_button_382199 a").attr("href",magazine_button_url_382199); Arradondo was a Deputy Chief and Assistant Chief before being nominated as Minneapolis's new Chief of Police by Mayor Betsy Hodges after the resignation of former police chief Jane Harteau in mid-2017, shortly after the shooting of Justine Damond by former Minneapolis police officer Mohammed Noor. Her brother Alfred Flowers is running for mayor. "To continue to apply that level of force to a person proned out, handcuffed behind their back, that in no way, shape, or form is anything that is by policy," the police chief said. He took over months later, after Harteau was forced out over the fatal shooting of Australia native Justine Ruszczyk Damond, who had called 911 to report a possible sexual assault behind her house. jQuery("#inline_cta_2_btn_382199").html(inline_cta_2_button_text_382199); Arradondo made some quick changes, including toughening department policy on use of body cameras and requiring all officers to go through training that stresses respectful interaction with the public. var inline_cta_2_button_text_382199 = ''; MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo was a star witness for the prosecution Monday at the trial of a former officer charged with killing George Floyd, repeating the criticism he levied after Floyds death. Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo is set to testify against Derek Chauvin, one of his former officers, in what is being considered a rare move. if( inline_cta_2_url_382199 !='' ){ Chief Medaria Arradondo of the Minneapolis Police Department in October. Chief Arradondo said Mr. Chauvins actions might have been reasonable in the first few seconds to get Mr. Floyd under control. But, he said, Once Mr. Floyd had stopped resisting, and certainly once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that, that should have stopped.. Floyd was not the areas first high-profile police killing. tn_pos: 'rectangle_1', Having been a Minneapolis police officer for more than 30 years, Arradondo had built strong relationships in the department and out in the community. He said that by then it had dawned on him that Floyd's death was "going to be a significant incident for the city," according to the documents. if( inline_cta_url_382199 !='' ){ ", Arradondo said that after reaching his decision, he called the mayor to tell him. inline_cta_2_font_color_382199 = '#ffffff'; Civil rights advocates say Arradondo inherited a department with a history of misconduct spanning decades. "We were working on the changes that had been necessary way before George Floyd died," he said. , Star Tribune He said Arradondo is passionate about racial justice. var is_user_logged_in = getCookie('SESSname'); if( is_user_logged_in != null ){ tn_pos: 'rectangle_4', By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs,Shaila Dewan and John Eligon. And then another. Groves reported from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is not part of our training. if( magazine_text_382199 !='' ){ By signing up to receive emails, you agree to receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation's journalism. Gary G the Wine Guy: Have Fun and Go Big! var is_user_logged_in = getCookie('SESSname'); } The 53-year-old replaced former Chief Jane Harteau, who stepped down after an officer shot and killed a woman. jQuery("#inline_cta_2_btn_382199 a input").css("background",inline_cta_2_bg_color_382199); Very soon they may call him Chief Rondo. jQuery("#inline_cta_382199").html(inline_cta_text_382199); Medaria Arradondo's first lesson in what it takes to be a black man in law enforcement came nearly 30 years ago, when the police chief of a mostly white town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula . He told the agents that he spent the next several hours reaching out to Black faith leaders and community activists to inform them of what happened, recognizing that "by sunrise this was going to ignite a lot of emotion," according to documents describing the interview. 'I'm Very Humbled And Blessed': Medaria Arradondo Reflects On Tenure As "It's much more difficult to be that person on the inside to speak up, stand out, raise the issue and still stay in there to try and change it for the better.". After watching Chief Arradondos testimony on Monday, Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights lawyer, said she had been the resident who had originally alerted the chief to the video on the night Mr. Floyd died. In 2013 he told MPR News that as a kid growing up in Minneapolis, he heard stories from members of his community which illustrated the problems many black residents have with police. Those are banned, absolutely. Many hoped he could change the culture of a department that critics said too frequently used excessive force and discriminated against people of color. [11][12] He fired all four officers involved, which was a historic decision, and later directly addressed the family of George Floyd, stating that his position that all four officers involved were at fault and he was awaiting charges from the county attorney and/or FBI. Alowne, wittewally clawing at my confines. He plans to appeal that conviction. Minneapolis agreed to pay $27 million to Floyds family to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging the city allowed a culture of excessive force, racism and impunity to flourish in its police force. ", "We not only knew that we were, we had to do the right thing based on the information we had," Arradondo said, according to the documents. Joshua Rashaad McFadden for The New York Times. Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo testified Monday that fired officer Derek Chauvin violated the department's use-of-force policy on the day of George Floyd's death. cta_1_check_382199 = true; Lt. Richard Zimmerman, the longest serving member of the MPD, called it totally unnecessary.. He spoke of restoring trust during a swearing-in ceremony that became a community celebration featuring song, dance and prayer. The chief said Mr. Chauvin violated department policies on rendering medical aid, use of force, neck restraints and de-escalation, a strategy of using nonviolent measures to defuse situations before resorting to violence.